The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-04
DISSECTORS COME TO TOWN
Opening of the Season When Graves Are
Very Likely to Give Up Their Dead.
A Larger Attendance of Students at All the
indianapolis Medical Colleges than Usual
Where They Come From.

| During the last three four days medical
students have been coming in on nearly every
train and all has been hustle and activity
around three of the colleges, which either opened
| yesterday will to-day tomorrow. The
| Physio- medical College OF Indiana has always
| begun work earlier than the others 1t opened
| Sept. 20. with the largest attendance it has had
since it was organized. in 1873. Twenty five
students were present at the opening exercises,
and several have come in since It has students
from Texas. New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa. I'm
point of intellect We have the best class We have
ever had," said DR.. G. F. Bedford. a member OF
the faculty. to a journal reporter yesterday.
"Our students are all young men far above the
average, and have been doing splendid work
from the beginning"
Yesterday was the opening day of the Central
College OF Physicians and Surgeons. This
scho oil was established in 1879 and has steadily
grown since. A large number Of students, with
their friends, and the members of the faculty
assembled in the college lecture room yesterday
afternoon at o'clock and listened to the open
ing exercises. The address was by DR.. Joseph
.. Stlilson. He took for his theme "A Review
OF Medicine and the Profession" He spoke of
times when the professors of medicine came in
contact with superstitions and depicted the
hardships they had to endure There was a
time, he said. when the people had more faith
IN the charm of horseshoe than an educated
physician He gave the origin of all the fallacies
that physicians had to contend with in an early
day, and showed how they had all disappeared
with the progress of science. He made an apt
comparison of the life of physician of the
present day to that of one a hundred years ago.
and reminded the students that to be
a competent physician meant much.
The latter part of his address he devoted
to advice to the young men. who.
having spent three years in hard study, had
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education. The class is the largest the
College has had Its members come
from eight or ten States. Quite number are
from Illinois, and one is from Texas This col
lege also makes scholarship its leading feature.
Before entering, ll'students have to pass rigid
examination, and there are great many nppli-
cants for admission who never get in. The reg
ular examination was held yesterday forenoon,
and last night when reporter called on DR..
carp, the secretary. ne found him passing upon
the papers He pronounced them above the
average, and stated that they Indicated that the
school had secured very scholarly lot of young
gentlemen. The school La open to women, and
there will be two young ladies in this years
class. The instructors unite in saying that they
have found Young ladies as capable of becoming
competent physicians men, and encourages all
those who express desire to enter the profess
sion. Some OF the graduates of the school have
risen to prominence. NJ. I. Wyman. of
last years graduates, is now in Paris, meeting
with great success.
The Indiana Eclectic Medical College will open
for the winters term of instruction to-day
Quite number of students came in yesterday.
and the prospects are bright for larger attend
ance than before. The opening address
will be by L. Albeit. dean OF the faculty
Among the students who arrived yesterday |
were several from Ohio and one or two from |
Kentucky.
Tomorrow will be the opening day of the |
Medical College of Indiana At faculty meet |
ing last night the proeromme for the opening |
exercises arranged. The exercises will oc- |
cur at O'Clock NJ. in the lee ture-roon of the |
college, on South Pennsylvania street. The ad- |
dress to the students will be by DR. George L. |
Curtss and there will perhaps be short ad- |
dresses by members Of the faculty. Students |
have been coming in for several days and the |
prospects that the attendance will exceed |
that of any former year Since its establish
nae nt eight years ago the college has gained a
reputation and for the last three four
years it has had students from nearly every
State in the Union. No medical school in the
country has better advantages The building
occupied constructed for the sole use and
of the college, and is perfectly
adapted to the purpose. In connection with the
college is the Bobbss free dspensary. supported
by funds left by the late Professor Bobbs. 1t is
located in the college building. 1t has recently
been organized with a staff, comprising mem
physicians of the city. who practice in special
departments of medicine The preliminary ex-
aminations for entrance to the college very
rigid, and none but the best material can secure
admission. |
AS the medical colleges of the city become
more widely known throughout the country by
heir excellent work, they rapidly growing.
The city presents peculiar advantages to stu
Tents